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ALMA Evidence for Ram Pressure Compression and Stripping of Molecular Gas in the Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4402
The Astrophysical Journal ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 , DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abaf54
Cramer W. J. 1 , Kenney J. D. P. 1 , Cortes J. R. 2, 3 , Cortes P. C. 2, 3 , Vlahakis C. 4 , Jchym P. 5 , Pompei E. 6 , Rubio M. 7
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High resolution (1'' $\times$ 2'') ALMA CO(2-1) observations of the ram pressure stripped galaxy NGC 4402 in the Virgo cluster show some of the clearest evidence yet for the impacts of ram pressure on the molecular ISM of a galaxy. The eastern side of the galaxy at $r \sim 4.5$ kpc, upon which ram pressure is incident, has a large (width $\sim$1 kpc, height $\sim$1 kpc above the disk midplane) extraplanar plume of molecular gas and dust. Molecular gas in the plume region shows distinct non-circular motions in the direction of the ram pressure; the kinematic offset of up to 60 km s$^{-1}$ is consistent with acceleration by ram pressure. We also detect a small amount of gas in clouds below the plume that are spatially and kinematically distinct from the surrounding medium, and appear to be decoupled from the stripped ISM. We propose that diffuse molecular gas is directly stripped but GMC density gas is not directly stripped, and so decouples from lower density stripped gas. However, GMCs become effectively stripped on short timescales. We also find morphological and kinematic signatures of ram pressure compression of molecular gas in a region of intense star formation on the leading side at $r \sim 3.5$ kpc. We propose that the compressed and stripped zones represent different evolutionary stages of the ram pressure interaction, and that feedback from star formation in the compressed zone facilitates the effective stripping of GMCs by making the gas cycle rapidly to a lower density diffuse state.

中文翻译:

ALMA 在室女座星系团 NGC 4402 中挤压和剥离分子气体的证据

高分辨率 (1'' $\times$ 2'') ALMA CO(2-1) 对室女座星系团中撞击压力剥离星系 NGC 4402 的观测显示了一些最清晰的证据,表明撞击压力对分子的影响一个星系的 ISM。在 $r \sim 4.5$ kpc 的星系东侧,撞击压力发生在其上,有一个大的(宽度 $\sim$1 kpc,高度 $\sim$1 kpc 在磁盘中平面上方)分子气体的平面外羽流和灰尘。羽流区的分子气体在撞击压力方向上表现出明显的非圆形运动;高达 60 公里 s$^{-1}$ 的运动偏移与冲压压力的加速度一致。我们还在羽流下方的云中检测到少量气体,它们在空间和运动学上与周围介质不同,并且似乎与剥离的 ISM 分离。我们建议直接汽提扩散分子气体,但不直接汽提 GMC 密度气体,因此与低密度汽提气体分离。然而,GMC 在短时间内被有效剥离。我们还在 $r \sim 3.5 $ kpc 的前沿发现了强烈恒星形成区域中分子气体的冲压压力压缩的形态学和运动学特征。我们提出压缩区和剥离区代表了冲压压力相互作用的不同演化阶段,并且压缩区中恒星形成的反馈通过使气体循环迅速进入较低密度的扩散状态来促进 GMC 的有效剥离。GMC 在短时间内被有效剥离。我们还在 $r \sim 3.5 $ kpc 的前沿发现了强烈恒星形成区域中分子气体的冲压压力压缩的形态学和运动学特征。我们提出压缩区和剥离区代表了冲压压力相互作用的不同演化阶段,并且压缩区中恒星形成的反馈通过使气体循环迅速进入较低密度的扩散状态来促进 GMC 的有效剥离。GMC 在短时间内被有效剥离。我们还在 $r \sim 3.5 $ kpc 的前沿发现了强烈恒星形成区域中分子气体的冲压压力压缩的形态学和运动学特征。我们提出压缩区和剥离区代表了冲压压力相互作用的不同演化阶段,并且压缩区中恒星形成的反馈通过使气体循环迅速进入较低密度的扩散状态来促进 GMC 的有效剥离。
更新日期:2020-09-25
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